yob

¹ American  

[yob] / yɒb /

noun

British Slang.

1. a teenage lout or hooligan.

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y.o.b. ² American  

abbreviation

1. year of birth.

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yob British  

/ ˈjɒbəʊ, jɒb /

noun

1. slang an aggressive and surly youth, esp a teenager

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Etymology

Origin of yob

First recorded in 1855–60; a consciously reversed form of boy

Example Sentences

In 2002, Tony Blair made her head of the government's Anti-Social Behaviour Unit, with a brief to tackle "yob culture".

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2015

Victorian criminals did essentially the same with back slang, reversing words so that boy became yob and so on.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2013

Unfortunately, Germaine's obsession with the local yob, Lee Rind – imagine a walking bottle of Lynx Africa – means she frequently has to drag in Aretha to be an unwilling Goose to her Maverick.

From The Guardian • May 29, 2013

He’s been caught out serially, and that makes him a yob — but that doesn’t make him a bad footballer.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2012

“My yob involves locking more cells than just yours.”

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover